Healthy basketball, starting from eating the old Lakers F4

"Stephen, congratulations on getting recognition from the league's top brass!"

Duane sat on the bench, sipping a drink and joking with Curry.

In today's league, mobile pick-and-rolls can be seen everywhere, and there are many players who benefit from it.

If you really want to calculate, the overall shooting and scoring abilities in the small ball era have regressed by more than ten years.

Of course, the fact that the situation is prevalent across the alliance doesn’t mean that there aren’t any problems.

The mobile pick-and-roll is indeed a type of illegal screen, but it is not a special case in the small ball era.

This phenomenon has already appeared decades ago.

Apart from anything else, just looking at the Pacers led by Miller in the 90s, it is not difficult to find the phenomenon of mobile pick-and-roll.

Not to mention, Miller's buzzer-beater against Jordan, pushing the player away and then catching the ball and shooting, wouldn't that be a foul in any era?
But did the referee blow the whistle? No!

Even Jordan, who was the person involved and the victim, was generous in his expression - if the referee didn't blow the whistle, it was a good ball.

Jordan's remarks were, of course, not just because of his extraordinary magnanimity.

This is because Jordan also knows that the league is encouraging offense and confrontation to increase the NBA's program effects and ratings.

NBA stars are basically also the beneficiaries of refereeing standards.

In an era of high defensive intensity, star players have star whistles and can score more points through free throws.

In the small ball era, situations like mobile pick-and-rolls have allowed the league to open the door wide to all stars.

Not to mention that some stars have special exceptions for walking, serving dishes, touching cars, standing long jump...

The existence of these exceptions ultimately comes down to the league's desire to promote new stars, and then tailor a set of special penalty standards specifically for those stars who have the potential to become the face of the league but still lack strength.

It can be said that Jordan himself went through the same thing back then, and was also a beneficiary of the league's star-making movement during his rookie period.

Of course, when Jordan truly possessed the strength to rule the league, the league immediately cancelled most of the conveniences in the penalty scale, and even specially formulated rules to limit Jordan's personal strength.

After all, Jordan is one or two levels higher than the league's top stars, making it difficult for others to compete.

Most fans also focused their attention on Jordan, which made many of the league's efforts go in vain.

Therefore, in order to bring down Jordan, who was about to become a god, and turn him into a superstar who was slightly half a level higher than the league's top stars, the league had to let Jordan carry more weight.

As a person with experience and with enough confidence in his own abilities, Jordan did not feel wronged when he suffered unfavorable penalties at times.

After all, they are vested interests, and everyone eats from the same pot in the NBA.

Jordan certainly would not get angry and throw the pot without considering the interests of others just because he has already had enough and then suffered a little injustice at some point.

All in all, Jordan would not do something as outrageous as joining the Pistons and then kneeling down at the Pacers' home court.

And what about Curry?

The league has taken away the convenience of mobile pick-and-rolls tonight, and even if you are running without the ball and are entangled by your opponents and try to get rid of them, there is a certain chance that you will be called for a foul.

Faced with all kinds of unfavorable factors and difficulties, Curry did not kneel down and beg for mercy, nor did he complain about his fate. Instead, he ran tactics as much as possible to create space for other teammates.

He would wait until other Bulls players started to perform well, or the player defending him became distracted, and then he would look for opportunities to score points.

However, the third quarter was almost over and Curry had only scored 12 points, which was indeed a bit unreasonable.

A FMVP who averaged 30+ points in the finals, only scored a dozen or twenty points in the regular season opener...

For Curry personally, not only will his reputation suffer a blow, but his confidence will also be undermined.

Duane was also aware of this, so he comforted Curry in a joking way.

Starting with Jordan, the stars who have been qualified to be weakened by the league in recent years are O'Neal, Durant, and even Curry this season. Curry has not won his regular season MVP yet, but he is treated this way just because he and his teammates won three consecutive championships.

I have to say that this recognition from the league's top brass is a bit heavy.

"Duan, thank you for your guidance.

I understand that if you want to wear the crown, you must bear its weight!
You were like me at the beginning, but you quickly adapted to the rules and gave a strong fight back!"

“I believe you can do it, and do it better!”

Dunn put down his drink, reached out and patted Curry on the shoulder to encourage him.

As for how Curry will adapt to the new rules, adjust his mentality and playing style, Duane doesn't know.

Duane knows that he has been guiding Curry for so many years, and Curry needs to walk the rest of the way on his own.

After the game resumed, Curry focused more on running, finding gaps, and passing the ball to his teammates.

However, the Bulls were targeted by the referees across the board. Not only Curry played uncomfortably tonight, but Jokic and others also felt the same way.

It is obviously not easy for a white center to gain a foothold in the current black league.

Jokic himself is not someone who is willing to suffer losses.

It is not Jokic's character to not fight back after being beaten.

Therefore, in terms of ball-holding offense, off-ball running, positioning, rebounding, etc., Jokic responded with bigger moves.

Then the referee quickly intervened, leaving Jokic speechless.

Jokic also knows that even the team's current top player Curry has been treated unfairly. How can he, a foreign rookie, resist the referee?
When encountering such things, one can only feel dissatisfied and frustrated, then shrug one's shoulders, spread one's hands, and protest in a silent way.

"The referee sucks! The referee sucks! The referee sucks!"

In response to such unfair treatment, Bulls fans quickly launched the strongest counterattack.

However, the three referees on the scene were well prepared and had already adapted to this situation.

He was even in a bad mood and blew a few foul whistles blatantly to fight back against the insults from the Bulls fans at the scene.

Seeing this, some radical fans wanted to rush from the stands to the field to teach the referee a lesson.

The problem is that the Bulls are their favorite team, and they like the feeling of going to the United Center to support the Bulls and watching the game live.

In light of the Palace of Auburn Hills incident, the league has tightened penalties for extreme fans.

The grumpy guys at the scene could only temporarily transform their anger into loud curses and endless saliva.

“Although I don’t like the penalty tonight, we must admit that we lost.

A big part of the reason for the loss tonight was because of me.

But I won't be defeated, I will only become stronger.

I will enter the MVP competition sequence, and I will lead the team to a new victory."

After losing the opening game, Curry bravely took responsibility for the loss and made a big promise in front of the media, announcing in advance that he would compete for the regular season MVP.

At the same time, Dunn accepted an interview with the media and expressed his confidence in the team.

"Losing is temporary, we have the best players in the league and we are the best team in the league.

But we are not in our best form yet. We need time to get used to the game and adapt to the rules and the game.

I believe that the loss is only temporary, and we will get back into the championship race. Please give us some time, fans." (End of this chapter)